Server Ram info and type

Raoul Jap-Tjong

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I have an HP Proliant ML350 G5 with an Intel Xeon E5520 and 40GB of ram.

When using several hardware information applications(speccy, HWiNFO) it only shows i have 6 slots out of 9 used.
4x 8gb PC3-'10700?' DDR3 ECC SDRAM from Micron Tech
and 2x 2gb PC3-'10700?' DDR3 ECC SDRAM from Micron Tech aswell.
However adding these numbers only comes to 36GB of ram even tough the tools and the server recognize 40GB of ram. Since when opening the case i can see that 8 out of 9 slots are used its easy to asume the other 2 remaining nonlisted modules are 2GB aswell.

However speccy says its PC3-10700 which is no where to be found and almost seems like non existing. While HWiNFO says 10600 which does exists and is a common used type of ram.

My question is: Is this 10600 or 10700 if 10600 why does it show 10700 and is this even relevant.

And if you the community know anny good vendors that sell this ram global. And or what is the best replacement for these modules since im planning on adding annother CPU and want to upgrade the ram to double its cappacity.
 
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Googling the server and the generation only brings up the unit with DDR2 memory. Is it possible to pass on an SKU and/or an image of your DIMMS and the innards of your server? I'm not able to give you the right information about the rams in your system but if you're interested in buying ram for your server, you're first destination would have to be Ebay.

I would like to stress though that when performing a ram upgrade you should not mix and match nor should you add to what you have already. It's best to swap all your rams with higher capacity DIMMS. It's expensive ofc but it ensures that you see system stability than spending time troubleshooting.

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Googling the server and the generation only brings up the unit with DDR2 memory. Is it possible to pass on an SKU and/or an image of your DIMMS and the innards of your server? I'm not able to give you the right information about the rams in your system but if you're interested in buying ram for your server, you're first destination would have to be Ebay.

I would like to stress though that when performing a ram upgrade you should not mix and match nor should you add to what you have already. It's best to swap all your rams with higher capacity DIMMS. It's expensive ofc but it ensures that you see system stability than spending time troubleshooting.
 
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